Participants completed an audio computer-assisted self-interview followed by HIV testing. Respondent-driven sampling 11, 12 was used to recruit participants. Participation was open to men who were HIV positive, HIV negative, or of unknown serostatus.
Candidates had to be male (and identify as such) be 18 years or older self-identify as Black, African American, or Latino and report sexual intercourse (oral, anal sex, or mutual masturbation) with a man in the past 12 months. Men were enrolled from May 2005 to April 2006 in Philadelphia, Los Angeles, and New York City. The Brothers y Hermanos study recruited Black and Latino MSM to examine factors associated with HIV risk behavior and HIV infection. Data were collected as part of a study funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
